Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1435 You have taken up all the good places

In addition, the Japanese people are also very aware of the huge energy behind the South African colony, and they have a pivotal position and influence in the Ming Empire.

If you can get the help of the South African United Commercial Bank, it will be easy to open up colonies in West Africa.

If you want arms, weapons, warships, food, etc., you can easily get them.

The geographical location of the South African colony is also very critical. It is at the southernmost tip of Africa and the only place to go to West Africa.

The South African United Commercial Bank has been operating here for a long time, and is most familiar with this area. At the same time, it has a large amount of grain output. In any case, it is necessary to come and visit once or twice to establish a good relationship.

Du Mingen looked at the delivered box, smiled and said, "Mr. Dongfang is too polite. If you have anything to say, just tell me. As long as I can help, I will try my best to help."

He didn't reach out to hit the smiling person, not to mention that he really liked the gift from the other party. The price of jade and jade is also very high now. This imperial green jade finger is worth a lot.

"Master Hou is refreshing~"

"I'll be blunt."

Dongfangyue said with a smile: "This time, I was ordered by the king of the Japanese country to go to West Africa to seize Sao Tome Island in the Gulf of West Africa (Guinea Gulf) and to develop some colonies on the West African continent."

"Master Hou is a great navigator, and he also knows that this place is very far away from our east. It is inconvenient to travel, and the transportation of materials is very slow."

"So, I wonder if it's convenient for Lord Hou to sell us some arms, weapons, food, etc.?"

“We are willing to pay double the market price!”

"Arms and weapons, I can't decide this matter. You know that although I am the governor of South Africa, I am also responsible to the shareholders of the South African United Commercial Bank and subject to their supervision."

"The arms and weapons in the South African colony are also purchased from Ming Dynasty. We cannot produce these arms and weapons ourselves, and the arms and weapons in the hands of our South African colonial army are also for our own use."

"So in this regard, I am helpless."

"As for food, we have a lot of food left in South Africa, and we can sell some to you."

Du Mingen thought for a while and replied.

If you want the weapons in the hands of our South African colonies, you really know the goods.

The weapons and equipment in the hands of the South African colonial army are all the most advanced weapons and equipment from the Ming Empire. Among other things, the guns alone are Hongzhi [-]-style muskets, which are currently the most advanced muskets. The rifles of later generations are not much different.

Fast rate of fire, long range, high accuracy!

The South African colony occupies a huge land, but it is enough to rely on a colonial army of only [-] people. What it relies on is the possession of this advanced musket, which can easily crush the local Kunlun slaves.

The muskets that the Japanese can buy on the market are all smoothbore guns eliminated by Daming, or front-loading muskets, with limited range, the key is that the rate of fire is slow and the accuracy is not high.

"That's a pity~"

"However, being able to buy food is also a great help to us, thank you Lord Hou!"

When Dongfang Yue heard this, she also said with some regret.

Not surprisingly, it is not easy to buy the most advanced muskets and cannons of Ming Dynasty. They have activated all the energy that can be launched, but there is no way to buy them.

The Ming Empire is very strict about the new firearms. Each new firearm has a serial number and a strict management system. As for the manufacturing method of the new firearms, it is strictly kept secret.

Things money can't buy.

"Haha, you're welcome~"

"We have nothing else in the South African colony, but there is more food. You can buy some food, which is also helping us."

Du Mingen replied with a smile.

Although the colony of South Africa has a small population and relies solely on immigrants from the Ming Dynasty, even if it attracts enough immigrants, the total population is still small compared to other feudal states and colonies.

However, the South African colony focused on mechanized farming, and used a large number of steam tillage machines and harvesters. The farming efficiency was very high, and the grain output was large, which not only met its own needs, but also exported to other colonies and vassal states in large quantities.

"Mr. Dongfang, how is the situation in West Africa?"

After talking about the business, Du Mingen also asked about the situation in West Africa.

"The situation is not very optimistic. The pressure of competition is very high."

"The Spaniards, Portuguese, French, English, and Dutch in Europe are all frantically grabbing colonies here in West Africa, and have fought several battles for this."

"In addition, on our eastern side, the vassal states of the Ming Empire, colonial firms, Koreans, our Japanese people, and the Persian Empire are all robbing the colonies in West Africa."

"A few years ago, there were only a few colonial strongholds in West Africa, but now, there are hundreds of large and small colonial strongholds in West Africa. Colonists from all sides are intertwined and compete with each other. .”

Dongfangyue thought for a while and replied with a wry smile.

"It's better for you Daming people to come out first. You Daming people have taken up almost [-]% of the good places in the world, and only West Africa is left."

Speaking of this, Dongfang Yue sighed again and again, looking at the huge world map in the living room.

In fact, there are so many good places in this world.

Among other things, the Golden Continent alone is definitely a treasure.

It is rich in gold and silver, and the people of Daming pull back ship after ship of gold and silver every year. Countless gold diggers are active in this vast land.

The vast plains of North Gold Island are fertile and flat, which is the most suitable area for farming; there is also the rich grassland of South Gold Island, which is the most suitable place for grazing in the world.

Such a vast treasure land now belongs exclusively to the Ming Empire.

Even though pirates are prevalent among Europeans, no one dares to covet this treasure land, so they can only rob West Africa.

Then counting Australia, Southeast Asia, Tianzhu, East Africa, etc., almost all the good places in the world are occupied by the Ming people.

Even for the rest of West Africa, the people of Ming Dynasty still have no intention of letting go. The feudal lords and colonial firms of Ming Dynasty are still the most powerful existence in robbing the colonies of West Africa.

Daming people are very domineering!

Often other colonists build a colonial stronghold, that is, they declare the area within a hundred miles as their colony, but as for the Ming people, as long as they erect the dragon flag of the Ming Empire in one place, they will declare that the land will be It is the land of Da Mingzi.

With the mighty Ming Empire at your back, you still dare not use strong means to deal with these Ming people.

These vassal kings who went to sea are all clansmen of Emperor Da Ming. If they die overseas, in your hands, it will be a big trouble.

Therefore, the last thing many colonists want to do is to snatch the colony with these feudal lords of Ming Dynasty, but sometimes they really have no choice but to go for it, so they can only think of various ways to snatch it as much as possible.

As for those colonial firms of the Ming Dynasty, they are not easy to mess with. They dare to come to West Africa to develop colonies. Behind each of them is the support of the big families, big merchants, and big nobles from the Ming Empire. Many of them are hands-on. generation.

The colonial troops of these colonial firms were almost armed to the teeth, and they were very difficult to mess with.

This is the Ming Empire, a behemoth that almost annexed the land of the whole world. Even if there is only the remaining continent of West Africa, the power of the Ming Empire is still the strongest competitor here.

"Haha, you Japanese are not bad either. Didn't you follow King Ning to get a big colony in Tianzhu?"

Du Mingen said with a smile.

Regarding this point, the people of Daming are definitely very proud.

It is true that almost all the good places in the world have been taken up by Daming people.

"That little colony is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing."

Dongfangyue smiled and shook her head, and she felt sad when she mentioned that colony, because that colony was not in the hands of the Dongfang family, but in the hands of the Ashikaga family of the shogunate, and the shogunate and the Japanese king are the two most important things in the Japanese kingdom now. Each faction is vying for the supremacy of the Wa Kingdom.

"How many colonial strongholds do you have in West Africa?"

Du Mingen smiled, looked at the map of West Africa and asked.

"West Africa is now roughly divided into two regions, with the Gulf of West Africa as the center, the places to the north and west are basically the colonial strongholds of Europeans, and most of the east and south are our Orientals. colonial stronghold."

"We also have two strongholds in Sao Tome and Gabon. The most important Sao Tome is currently being robbed by the Portuguese. They say that Sao Tome was the first they discovered and operated."

"They said that when they opened up the Indian Ocean route, they had already established a colonial rule here. Now that it is occupied by us, they are not convinced. This time, it is estimated that we will inevitably have to fight those barbarians in Europe."

Dongfang Yue pointed to an island on the map and spoke.

"Portugal?"

"Portugal's strength is very average. You should be able to defend it easily."

After Du Mingen listened, he thought for a while and said.

"Hey, our Wa country is much stronger than them, but West Africa is closer to Europe after all. They have a natural advantage. It is not easy to win this battle."

"That's why I came here to ask Lord Hou for help. If Lord Hou is willing to provide us with some arms and weapons, we will naturally have more confidence."

Dongfang Yue sighed helplessly.

With the deepening of exchanges between the East and the West, Europeans have now clearly distinguished the Ming people from the Wa people. The Wa people don’t have the fear of the Ming people. The two sides have done a few times because of the colony. Yes, each wins and loses.

(End of this chapter)